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committee, and said that he was not in accord with the author 

 when he suggested that because only one specimen of a plant 

 had been found in Victoria such a plant should not appear 

 in the Victorian list. 



Mr. P. R. H. St. John also congratulated the author on his 

 good work. He regarded correctness of records as of the utmost 

 importance. He had on one or two occasions called attention 

 to doubtful records in excursion reports. 



Mr. J. Searle would not refuse to recognize a plant as Vic- 

 torian because it had been found in only one locality, and 

 instanced a case in point. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour it was decided to postpone 

 the paper by Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., entitled " A Week 

 Among the Seaweeds at Portsea," until next meeting. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. F. Cole. — Australian Coleoptera from various 

 localities. 



By Miss C. C. Currie. — Flowering specimens of various 

 eucalypts, including E. pikdaris, which had proved a great 

 attraction to Honey-eaters and other birds recently, from 

 Lardner, Gippsland. 



By Miss Amy Fuller. — Botanical specimens (undetermined) 

 from sand plains of South-West Australia. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Marine shells from South Australia : 

 Stenochiton cymodocealis, Ashby, and S. juloides, Ad. and Aug., 

 with their host plants, Cymodocea antarctica and Posidonia 

 australis respectively. 



By Miss G. Nethercote. — A young Koala or Native Bear from 

 Wilson's Promontory, kept by permission of the Fisheries and 

 Game Department. 



By Miss G. Nokes. — Large specimen of the luminous fungus, 

 Pleurotus candescens, from Sandringham. 



By Messrs. E. E. Pescott and C. French, jun. — ^Terrestrial 

 orchids : Diuris longifolia, R. Br., collected by Rev. A. J. Maher 

 at Cann River, East Gippsland (these specimens have purplish 

 markings, causing the flowers to resemble those of D. maculata, 

 Smith) ; and Prasophyllum Archeri, Hook, f., collected by Mr. 

 J. E. Dixon at Warburton, April, 1919. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Crustaceans and polychaete worms, 

 collected on Portarlington excursion, January, 1919 ; marine 

 •worms, &c., collected on Beaumaris excursion, March, 1919. 



By Mr. H. B. Wilhamson. — Specimens of luminous fungus, 

 Pleurotus candescens, collected at Clayton by Miss L. Audsley. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould. — Fresh specimens of orchid, Eriochilus 

 autiimnalis, and Native Heath, Epacris impressa (crimson 

 variety), from Pakenham Upper. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



